erlang processes

Question 1

max # of processes

Answer 1

262144

Question 2

every process has a

Answer 2

mailbox

Question 3

what is a mailbox

Answer 3

queue of messages

Question 4

what does the receive block do with each message

Answer 4

tries each message in the queue until one of the messages matches

Question 5

what are messages made out of

Answer 5

any valid erlang data string

Question 6

linking idioms

Answer 6

i dont care if child dies -> spawn
i want to crash if child dies -> spawn link
i want to receive message if child dies -> process flag (exit, true)